The Chinese Enlightenment - (Center for Chinese Studies, Uc Berkeley) by Vera Schwarcz (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

Review Quotes

"There is much to be learned from this book. . . . The subject and perspective are big, and the scholarship is serious. Students of intellectual history in general and of twentieth-century China in particular cannot afford to ignore this book."--Michael Gasster, "The Historian

About the Author

Vera Schwarcz is Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Wesleyan University.